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VH-YQX. Boeing 717-2K9. c/n 55053-5016. Was also registered as: SX-BOB; EC-KHX; OH-BLN. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Olympic Aviation, Greece Construction completed at the Boeing Long Beach plant - 1999 Configured to seat 100 passengers First flown at Long Beach as 'SX-BOB' - December 03, 1999 Powered by BMW Rolls Royce RB715A-130 turbofan engines Air Worthiness Test carried out - ? Certificate of Airwothiness issued - ? Entered onto the Greek Aircraft Register as SX-BOB - December 1999 Accepted by Olympic Aviation at Long Beach - December 29, 1999 Transferred to Olympic Airlines - December 12, 2003 Withdrawn from use - February 2007 It was observed stored at Miami in the basic 'Olympic' livery - March 04, 2007 Cancelled from the Greek Aircraft Register - ? Prepared for sale / lease to Spanair Entered onto the Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-KHX - July 2007 Delivered to Spanair - July 11, 2007 Cancelled from the Spanish Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Finland Aircraft Register as OH-BLN - December 2010 Delivered yo Blue 1 - December 19, 2010 Operated final Blue 1 revenue service Prague - Stockholm (Arlanda) as SK1768 - October 31, 2015 Ferried Stockholm (Arlanda) - Helsinki for storage as KF9101 - October 31, 2015 Ferried Helsinki - Norwich in the standard Blue 1 livery for maintenance and repaint - January 10, 2016 Ferried Norwich - Helsinki in the QantasLink livery - January 17, 2016 Cancelled from the Finland Aircraft Register - February 2016 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YQX - February 02, 2016 Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney Leased to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd, Adelaide as the registered operator Departed Helsinki on the ferry flight to Australia as SXA1290 - February 05, 2016 It arrived Adelaide (West Beach) on completion of the ferry flight - February 07, 2016 Ferry route: Helsinki - Alexandria - Al Ain - Kolkarta - Singapore - Broome - Adelaide This aircraft is configured with 12J / 98Y seating Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Brisbane as QF6202 - April 21, 2016 Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Canberra as QF1553 - April 22, 2016 Operated its last QantasLink service from Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Canberra as QF1501 - March 31, 2024 It was withdrawn from servive at Canberra and prepared for its ferry flight to the United States for storage Departed Canberra (08:03 AEDT) on its ferry flight to the United States as SXI2421 - April 09, 2024 It arrived at Apia (16:27 local) - April 09, 2024 It departed Apia (08:43 local) as Flight QF6070 - April 10, 2024 It arrived at Honolulu (14:55 local) - April 10, 2024 It departed Hololulu (08:45 local) as Flight SXI2421 - April 11, 2024 It arrived at Victorville (16:51 local) on completion of the ferry flight - April 11, 2024 Ferry route: Canberra - Apia - Honolulu - Victorville Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 05, 2024 Current status - ? |
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SX-BOB. Olympic Aviation - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-598.) |
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SX-BOB. Olympic Aviation - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-626.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 13, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-585.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 20, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-404.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 20, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-405.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 08, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-406.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 08, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-407.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 08, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-408.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 08, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-409.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 16, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-586.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 11, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-627.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 11, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-628.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 17, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-652.) |
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VH-YQX. QantasLink - in the modified 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 08, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-684.) |